19 Chrome and Edge Extensions Found With Wallet-Stealing and Crypto-Draining Code

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19 Chrome and Edge Extensions Found With Wallet-Stealing and Crypto-Draining Code
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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cluster of 18 Google Chrome and one Microsoft Edge extensions that were published over the last six months and harbored wallet secret stealing and cryptocurrency draining capabilities. The extensions, per Socket security researcher Karlo Zanki, share similarities in code and tradecraft, with evidence indicating that the campaign may have been active

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